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1. Question: Something has instrumental value just in case it has value as a means to some end.

2. Question: Something has intrinsic value if it has value in and of itself; that is, its value is independent of its value as a means towards some end or from something external to it.

3. Question: _____ is the view that the truth of a moral statement depends upon what an individual or group of individuals believe to be true.

4. Question: What way did Leo Tolstoy respond to the meaning of life before he “returned to the belief that the chief and only aim of [his] life is to be better, that is, to live in accord with [God’s] Will.”

5. Question: According to Divine Command Theory, the morally good/bad is determined by referring to _____.

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28. Question: _____ and _____ are sometimes connected to whether or not there is meaning in life because if life has a “bad” ending then many think life is somewhat or wholly meaningless or absurd.

29. Question: The three counterfeit candidates for human eudaimonia/happiness that Aristotle rejected because they have the wrong kind of value are _____ .

30. Question: Some philosophers think there is no answer to the question “What is the meaning of life?” because there are only ways of thinking about how there can be meaning in life.

31. Question: Some have argued, including Joshua Seachris, that the meaning of life question is asking for a narrative that addresses and explains things like ultimate origins, purpose, value, significance, pain and suffering, futility, ultimate ending, afterlife and judgment and can narrative these things—that is, explain them—in a way that corresponds to reality.

32. Question: One horn of Euthyphro’s Dilemma says goodness is the result of God arbitrarily determining what’s good simply by willing it to be so, thus making morality arbitrary.